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Sentences with small

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  • She is small for her age. [+ for]
  • A small group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese.
  • Small, little are often used interchangeably, but , small is preferred with reference to something concrete of less than the usual quantity, size, amount, value, importance, etc. [a small man, tax, audience, matter, etc.] and little more often applies to absolute concepts [he has his little faults], in expressing tenderness, indulgence, etc. [the little woman], and in connoting insignificance, meanness, pettiness, etc. [of little importance]; diminutive implies extreme, sometimes delicate, smallness or littleness [the diminutive Lilliputians]; minute2 and the more informal , tiny suggest that which is extremely diminutive, often to the degree that it can be discerned only by close scrutiny [a minute, or tiny, difference]; miniature applies to a copy, model, representation, etc. on a very small scale [miniature painting]; petite has specific application to a girl or woman who is small and trim in figure
  • I have a wife and two small children.
  • It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work.
  • ...shops, restaurants and other small businesses.
  • 'I'm scared,' she said in a very small voice.
  • This may just be another of her schemes to make me look small.
  • Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in. [+ of]
  • A small business
  • A small mind
  • small beginnings
  • A small matter
  • A small actor
  • A small effort
  • small gravel
  • You have to cut it small
  • A small income
  • A book for small children
  • A small business
  • small ale
  • The small of the back
  • A small box.
  • A small waist.
  • A small elephant.
  • A small salary.
  • A small army.
  • A small enterprise.
  • A small problem.
  • small circumstances.
  • A small, miserly man.
  • A small effort.
  • When I was a small boy.
  • They talked big but lived small.
  • Slice the cake small.
  • Do you prefer the small or the large?
  • Democracy benefits the great and the small.
  • Her unselfishness made me feel small.
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